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HJ0024LRB104 12903 MST 24408 r

1HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The Illinois Department of Children and Family 

3Services (DCFS) partners with community-based organizations to 

4provide foster care services for nearly 70% of the youth in 

5care, over 13,000 children, in Illinois; and

6 WHEREAS, To contract with the State to provide these vital 

7services, foster care providers are required to maintain 

8adequate liability insurance, but foster care agencies are 

9struggling to get quality and effective liability insurance 

10coverage and are unable to continue providing these vital 

11services to the youth and families under their care; and

12 WHEREAS, The remaining two major insurance carriers have 

13publicly announced that they will not be writing any new 

14policies in 2025 and will be renewing existing policies on a 

15case-by-case basis with many providers renewing at exorbitant 

16increases to premiums and significant reductions in coverage; 

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18 WHEREAS, Without a viable alternative for liability 

19insurance, foster care agencies are preparing to transfer 

20hundreds of foster youth to DCFS; and

21 WHEREAS, Under normal circumstances, DCFS is able to 

HJ0024- 2 -LRB104 12903 MST 24408 r

1transition services to another agency when a foster care 

2provider discontinues providing services; and

3 WHEREAS, Without certainty that insurance coverage will be 

4renewed, DCFS will be unable to transition services to another 

5agency unable to absorb foster youth and/or families from 

6other agencies without significantly jeopardizing their own 

7coverage; and

8 WHEREAS, Foster care agencies will be forced to scale back 

9or discontinue foster care services entirely due to 

10inaccessible liab